My grandson walked out of his room and said "I'm ready."  I didn't want to embarrass him but his shirt was inside out. How could i tell he asked, (he was only 5.) "Because," I said, "The seams are on the outside, see, the tag is also showing. They're not supposed to show. Look, there are two tags, one on the collar and one on the inside seam way at the bottom." "Ooooh" he curiously replied. "But Nana, why are there tags?"
"Well, one is a label, it tells us who made the garment. The other is a note, it tells us how to take care of the garment."

My grandson not only learned how to tell if he is wearing his clothing inside out that day but how the shirt was made, who it's maker was and how to find the instructions to daily care for his garment. These are things that we all pretty much learn at an early age. As we grow, some of us come to gain respect or fondness of particular makers/designers.  We become familiar with how to care for particular fabrics. We learn which fabrics are sturdy and which are delicate. Each need be handled accordingly if they are to survive any length of time.

Someone I know refuses to separate laundry by fabric's weight and colors. Not separating heavy blue jeans from the delicate knits and nylon undergarments, nor whites from dark's. When jeans are thrown in with the fragile garments, the life of the most delicate items are diminished severely under the rigorous beating of the heavy denim pulling on the fragileness of the knits, silks and nylon. Instead of a well made knit golf shirt or beautiful camisole lasting years, their life span's are reduced to months. You can tell when a garment is worn out or abused/mishandled. It's shape is sloppy and it's colors faded or blended with blue or what ever harsher color it had been thrown in with. Whites are never white because to bleach an item that would require extra time taken to sort them first.  So seldom is there any bleach used. The result: Dingy whites!

Life is this way. We must handle it with care. Each one of us is unique. We all have our respective parts to play in this life. Some lives are sturdy and strong. Perhaps a bit abrasive, armour bearers tend to be of this fiber. Like denim, able to land on their knees a few times with out tearing through the fabric of their garments. Then some are delicate and sensitive. Able to prepare nourishment and administer tenderness, hugs, kisses, kindness and warmth. These lives are generally merciful and long suffering; Not able to withstand harsh treatment without rips and damage to the fabric of their garment's. And some are everyday wear. Not delicate but not super sturdy. Able to do most mundane jobs, provide adequate body covering,  non-rigorous activity wear. These are the lives that are usually steady and dependable. Not overtly warm, not abbrasively domineering, faithful.

Ultimately, you don't have to become a fabric expert to "handle with care."
Each designer/maker stamps his label on the inside of the garment and in recent years, as i stated,  garment manufacturers have begun to place a second label called a "care" label down now on the side seam of upper wear. I have yet to see a designer fail to place instructions for care on their garments.

God, the life designer, has instructions for care of everything in your life. To find Him, you must first accept His design for your life. Second, you may look inside yourself (James chapter 1) and find His stamp, then search out his directions. They're "all" in the book of instructions he provided us. And he instructed us to "write the laws (oh, did i mention they are not suggestions)  on the tablets of our hearts, not just on tablets of stone (or wood or paper or computer screen.)

Beloved, if you were to begin to sort out life's challenges, experiences, responsibilities and relationships with spirit eyes, asking first the makers instructions in each individual circumstance, I know you would begin to see the fabric of your life improve.

If your life is stained from sin, the word of God says He washes white as snow, those who confess their sins. Your life can begin fresh by accepting "new life" by the original designer. The bible says Gods spirit, The Holy Spirit, Christ, when he comes in, flushes out the old and All things become new! "How" you say "can someone be born the second time?" Zacheus asked Jesus this same question. "How can a man enter his mothers womb again!" In other words : I am already born. I am what I am.

I Corinthians 2:8-11 says this: "The spirit searches out (looks for the care label down the side seam of the garment) the deep things of God. For how can a man know what is in another man's mind? He can't, only the spirit of that man knows what is in his mind. Likewise, only God's spirit knows what is in God's mind. And you (who have accepted Christ/become born again/shed the old garments that are stained with sin/Have become a "new creation"/"Have been transformed by the renewing of your mind") have that spirit in you!"     ~~  The scripture says "Put on the mind (care label) of Christ" "Put on the garment of Praise, for the spirit of heaviness" "Treat unkindness with kindness" "Use a kind word to turn away wrath" "don't repay evil for evil" "Forgive 70X's 7" "Submit to authorities set in government over you because God instituted all authority"

The list of life instructions is endless, but are readily available to your mind by the spirit of God living in you, thru the book. When you wake up tomorrow morning, before you put on your daily wear, put on the mind of Christ! Put on the garment of Praise for the spirit of heaviness. Put on the breastplate of righteousness which is able to keep your heart from the fiery darts of the enemy, Put on the helmet of salvation (to protect your mind and brain from being crushed under the weight of the blows of the enemy; Blows of stress, blows of depression/oppression, blows of weapons formed against you but placed in the hands of people, loved ones, weapons designed to destroy you by striking your mind,body and/or spirit. Weapons of destruction, bombs that blow things in your life up. Arrows that strike precise places in your life or mind or body. Artillery of all types, some wide spraying, can hit a general area with lots of small metal shots, some like magnums which hit once leaving a hole large enough to annihilate the spot where it hits. Ever evolving weaponry, aims to outsmart its components. In recent years we've seen stealth bomber's, planes that can fly under the radar completely undetected, invade a territory and hit it before it is seen. Heat seeking missiles are able to chase down it's enemy with a mind of it's own, following it's target's movements. It's almost impossible to escape an attack of this kind. The list goes on. )

When you put on the helmet of salvation you decide as the people did also in Joshua 24:24  ..."We will serve the Lord our God and OBEY him."

When weapons of warfare come against your mind, first remember they are not of flesh and blood, They are spiritual. II Corinthians 10:4 says "For the weapons of pir warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against teh knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

"Casting down imaginations, bringing every thought captive to the obedience of God!" 

This is how we put on the mind of Christ and securely wear our  Helmet/Head covering of salvation; By knowing and obeying the will/instructions of God, in all situations, under all circumstances, in thought and deed and relationship. And making up our minds, taking our thoughts captive to Christ our bodies follow.

Beloved, let us look to the care instructions of our lives in Christ, remembering, if our lives are Christ's, then it is our responsibility to follow the directions in caring for (being stewards of) this life.  This is how a life prospers. (is successful and well)